FROM PWW'S ARCHIVE Oct. 28 1995: Fidel Castro cheered at Harlem meeting
NEW YORK - Almost 1,600 Harlemites and solidarity activists packed the Abyssinian Baptist Church to give a hero’s welcome to Fidel Castro, the president of Cuba
Battle for DeLays seat rages
HOUSTON — One of the nation’s hottest congressional races is the battle to fill the empty seat of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who resigned in disgrace. Currently under indictment for money laundering, DeLay will not appear on the Texas 22nd Congressional District ballot in November. Remaining on the ballot are Democrat Nick Lampson and Libertarian Bob Smither.
LIFE AND DEATH
Grace DuBreuil, impassioned organizer Carl Vedro, 98 fighting years
Joe in your eye from Ethiopia
If you’ve ever had a cup of coffee or know someone who drinks it, you won’t want to miss “Black Gold,” a British documentary directed by Marc and Nick Francis.
Two unforgettable tales at Toronto
The Toronto International Film Festival featured two impressive stories about music and the trials of surviving in the music world: the elegiac “The Violin” about an aged and humble violinist with one hand missing, and “Half Moon” about a man and his musical sons who travel a long and treacherous path to play in Iraqi Kurdistan.
U.S. health care falls short
How does U.S. health care measure up? The N.Y.-based Commonwealth Fund has released a report entitled “A National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance.”
Hotel workers check in on struggle nationwide
NEW YORK — Unite Here’s nationwide “Hotel Workers Rising” campaign picked up wins in Chicago, San Francisco and Monterey, Calif., in late September, the union reported here recently.
WORLD NOTES
Japan: No free ride for new, right-wing premier Nicaragua: Washington escalates pressure Paraguay: Gov’t ends U.S. troop immunity Egypt: Nuclear power program to resume
Posada and Bushs war on terror jam
Cuban exile and accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles is back in the news. Posada is the admitted mastermind behind the bombing of a Cubana Airlines jet, which killed 73 people in a midair explosion over Barbados on Oct. 6, 1976.
